87-678: Bromley , commonly known as Bromley-by- Bow , is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London , located on the western banks of the River Lea , in the Lower Lea Valley in East London . It is an inner-city suburb located 4.7 miles (7.5 km) east of Charing Cross . The area is distinct from Bow, which lies immediately north of the formal boundary between the two, which runs along Bow Road , or near
174-422: A community centre. It has been cited as a model for the future development of community services and health care. Bromley By Bow Community Organisation (BBBCO) provides Youth Provisions and Community Engagement programmes for the area. Its projects and services as a voluntary organisation provide the area with five football teams, a Girls Group, Youth Group and Elderly and Community Services. The Spratt's Complex
261-399: A field. The name Bromley-by-Bow has historic pedigree, appearing in the correspondence of Oliver Cromwell. In 1967, the name was chosen as the new name for Bromley tube station to prevent confusion with Bromley railway station in the London Borough of Bromley . Bow itself (also part of Stepney until the 18th century) was originally known as Stratforde , becoming Stratford-at-Bow when
348-453: A goose is ever dog-cheap there, The sauce is over somewhat sharp and deare , taking advantage of the double entendre and continuing with other verses describing the drunken rowdy behaviour of the crowds. By the mid-19th century, the authorities had had enough and the fair was suppressed. During the 17th century Bow and the Essex bank became a centre for the slaughter and butchery of cattle for
435-545: A husband, follows the main road to Bow and then proceeds to Romford , where she finds many suitors. Fairfield Road commemorates the Green Goose fair, held there on the Thursday after Pentecost . A Green Goose was a young or mid-summer goose, and a slang term for a cuckold or a 'low' woman. In 1630, John Taylor , a poet, wrote At Bow, the Thursday after Pentecost, There is a fair of green geese ready rost, Where, as
522-457: A medieval bridge was built, in the arched shape of a bow, to distinguish it from Stratford Langthorne on the other side of the River Lea. The oldest surviving written reference to the area, as Braembeleg , was from about the year 1000 when it was referred to as one of the manors belonging to St Paul's Cathedral . Bromley was home to St Leonard's Priory a Benedictine nunnery founded in
609-638: A part of the medieval parish of Stepney until becoming an independent parish in 1719. The parish vestry then undertook this responsibility until a rising population created the need for the Poplar Board of Works in 1855. This was superseded by the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar in 1900 until it was absorbed into the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in 1965. The council offices in Poplar High Street became Poplar Town Hall on
696-470: A platform of women's enfranchisement. Sylvia supported him and Bow Road became the campaign office, culminating in a huge rally in nearby Victoria Park , but Lansbury was narrowly defeated and support for the project in the East End was withdrawn. Sylvia refocused her efforts from Bow, and with the outbreak of World War I began a nursery, clinic and cost price canteen for the poor at the bakery. A paper,
783-672: A political cause in the 1970/80s. In 1978, Rock Against Racism organised a protest event against growth of far-right organisations such as the National Front . The concert was played by The Clash , Steel Pulse , X-Ray Spex , The Ruts , Sham 69 , Generation X , and the Tom Robinson Band . In 1975, the Baroness Burdett Coutts Drinking Fountain was given Grade II* listed status by Historic England . Bromley Public Hall ,
870-597: A purpose-built County Hall in the 1930s. The housing policy of the council included provision of large housing estates outside the boundaries of the county, such as that at Becontree . In 1900, eleven years after its foundation, the London Government Act divided the County of London into 28 metropolitan boroughs . These replaced the ancient parish vestries and district boards as the second tier of local government. County of London boroughs numbered in
957-739: A series of parish vestries and district boards. The local authority for the county was the London County Council (LCC). Initially, the LCC provided the services it had inherited from the Metropolitan Board of Works. Eventually, however, it absorbed functions from ad-hoc agencies such the London School Board and Metropolitan Asylums Board . The council was initially based in Spring Gardens , but moved to
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#17327803446851044-462: A successful campaign to raise more than £3,000,000 to renovate the church, so that it could continue to be used as a church, and also to better serve the local community. Channel 4 ’s The Big Breakfast was broadcast live from a former lockkeeper's cottages located on Fish Island, in Old Ford, from 28 September 1992 until 29 March 2002. Rachel Whiteread 's temporary public sculpture " House "
1131-626: Is a district in East London , England and is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets . It is an inner-city suburb located 4.6 miles (7.4 km) east of Charing Cross . Historically in Middlesex , it became part of the County of London in 1888 . "Bow" is an abbreviation of the medieval name Stratford-at-Bow , in which "Bow" refers to the bow-shaped bridge built here in the early 12th century. Bow contains parts of both Victoria Park and
1218-590: Is a frieze on the face of the building, unveiled by George Lansbury , MP for Bow and Bromley , on 10 December 1938: the Portland Stone panels commemorate the trades constructing the Town Hall and symbolise the borough's relationship with the River Thames and the youth of Poplar. A memorial to Lansbury stands on the corner of Bow Road and Harley Grove, near 39 Bow Road which was his family home in
1305-623: The 2012 Summer Olympics . The company would have had to relocate from Stratford following a Compulsory Purchase Order. Then Mayor of London , Boris Johnson , officially opened the newly finished smokehouse in Old Ford in 2009. Following the compulsory purchase, the company rebuilt its premises near to the Olympic Park, on the banks of the River Lee. In 2010 the National Lottery Big Lottery Fund awarded
1392-579: The Blackwall Tunnel approach road, the traffic interchange, the River Lea and some of the Bow Back Rivers . This has since been expanded to a four-lane road. Bow was an isolated hamlet by the early 14th century, some distance from its parish church of St Dunstan's, Stepney . In 1311 permission was granted to build St Mary's Church, Bow as a chapel of ease to allow the residents a more local and convenient place of worship. The land
1479-574: The Bromley-by-Bow gasholders lies just over the border in Newham. Mile End is located to the west of a historic boundary which runs through Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park and along parts of Bow Common Lane, though the small former open space which was known as Bow Common , on either side of part of that road, lay just on the other side of that boundary, wholly within Mile End. Poplar lies to
1566-676: The County of London . On the other side of the River Lea, seven Victorian gasholders are is Grade II listed and have been named by the Victorian Society as a heritage building at risk of disrepair. In 1931, Gandhi was in London for talks with the British Imperial government on the future of India -then a part of the British Empire , the only time he left India between 1914 and his death in 1948. He declined
1653-586: The Dissolution of the Monasteries , when local landowners who had taken over the Abbey lands were found responsible. The bridge was widened in 1741 and tolls were levied to defray the expense, but litigation over maintenance lasted until 1834, when the bridge needed to be rebuilt and landowners agreed to pay half of the cost, with Essex and Middlesex sharing the other. The bridge was again replaced in 1834, by
1740-684: The E3 (in the north) and E14 (in the south) postal districts. To the north is Bow , with the historic boundary running along Bow Road , or near the River Lea , slightly to the south of the Road – with Bow's parish church just south of the road, close to the Lea, a part of Bow. Stratford , West Ham and Canning Town are eastward, across the Lea, which is the boundary between the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Newham . The historic Three Mills and
1827-678: The Local Government Act 1888 . The Act created an administrative County of London, which included within its territory the City of London . However, the City of London and the County of London formed separate ceremonial counties for " non-administrative " purposes. The local authority for the county was the London County Council (LCC), which initially performed only a limited range of functions, but gained further powers during its 76-year existence. The LCC provided very few services within
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#17327803446851914-528: The Lower Lea Valley include providing 8,000 new homes and 2,500 new jobs in the Bromley-by-Bow area. The section of land between the River Lea and the A11 is currently being redeveloped. Immediately adjacent to it, in Newham, is the 26 acres (11 ha) Sugar House Island development, led by Vastint. Bow School is a comprehensive secondary school and sixth form for boys and girls. In September 2014
2001-808: The Metropolitan Police District and City of London) lived outside the county than in it. The following table illustrates the approximate population according to the census at various intervals: †The City of London and the Metropolitan Boroughs of Bermondsey, Bethnal Green, Finsbury, Holborn, St Marylebone, St Pancras, Shoreditch, Southwark, Stepney and Westminster. ‡The Metropolitan Boroughs of Battersea, Chelsea, Islington, Kensington, Lambeth and Paddington. §The Metropolitan Boroughs of Camberwell, Deptford, Fulham, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Lewisham, Poplar, Stoke Newington, Wandsworth and Woolwich. #Defined as
2088-485: The Middlesex and Essex Turnpike Trust , and in 1866 West Ham took responsibility for its upkeep and that of the causeway and smaller bridges that continued the route across the Lea. In 1967 that bridge was replaced by a new modern bridge by the Greater London Council who also installed a two-lane flyover above it (designed by Andrei Tchernavin, son of Gulag escapee Vladimir V. Tchernavin ) spanning
2175-563: The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park . Old Ford and Fish Island are localities within Bow, but Bromley-by-Bow immediately to the south is a separate district. These distinctions have their roots in historic parish boundaries. Bow underwent extensive urban regeneration including the replacement or improvement of council homes, with the impetus given by the staging of the 2012 Olympic Games at nearby Stratford. Bow formed
2262-564: The River Lea , The like of which had not been seen before . The area became known variously as Stradford of the Bow , Stratford of the Bow , Stratford the Bow , Stratforde the Bowe , and Stratford-atte-Bow (at the Bow) which over time was shortened to Bow to distinguish it from Stratford Langthorne on the Essex bank of the Lea. Land and Abbey Mill were given to Barking Abbey for maintenance of
2349-430: The River Thames , which was the most significant geographical feature. It was bordered by the River Lea with Essex to the north-east, Kent to the south-east, Surrey the south-west and Middlesex to the north. The highest point was Hampstead Heath in the north of the county at 440 feet (134 m), which is one of the highest points in London . In 1900 a number of boundary anomalies were abolished. These included
2436-617: The Suffragette movement's inability to engage with the needs of working-class women like the match girls. Sylvia formed a breakaway movement, the East London Federation of Suffragettes , and based at 198 Bow Road, by the church, in a baker's shop. This was emblazoned with " Votes for Women " in large gold letters and opened in October 1912. The local Member of Parliament , George Lansbury , resigned his seat to stand on
2523-720: The Women's Dreadnought , was published to bring her campaign to a wider audience. At the close of war, the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1918 gave limited voting rights to property-owning women over the age of 30, and equal rights were finally achieved ten years later. Pankhurst spent 12 years in Bow fighting for women's rights. She risked constant arrest and spent a lot of time in Holloway Prison , often on hunger strike. She finally achieved her aim, and along
2610-579: The suffragette movement fight for women's rights and also the trade union movement. The factory was rebuilt in 1911 and the brick entrance includes a depiction of Noah's Ark and the word 'Security' used as a trademark on the matchboxes. Match production ceased in 1979 and the building is now private apartments known as the Bow Quarter . Emmeline Pankhurst began the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1903 with her daughters Christabel and Sylvia . Sylvia became increasingly disillusioned with
2697-526: The 19th century by the London School Board for construction of a new board school. Many of the original fittings remained in place and were said to be in fine condition. The house was sold piecemeal for £250 with the Stateroom, panelling and an oak doorway going to the Victoria and Albert Museum . Bromley was also known as Bromley-St Leonards, after St Leonard's Priory a Benedictine nunnery founded in
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2784-448: The City market. Additionally the piggery which used the mash residue produced by the gin mills at Three Mills meant a ready supply of animal bones, and local entrepreneurs Thomas Frye and Edward Heylyn developed a means to mix this with clay and create a form of fine porcelain, said to rival the best from abroad, known as Bow Porcelain . In November 1753, in Aris's Birmingham Gazette ,
2871-413: The City of London, where the ancient Corporation monopolised local governance. In 1900, the lower-tier civil parishes and district boards were replaced with 28 new metropolitan boroughs . The territory of the county was 74,903 acres (303.12 km ) in 1961. During its existence, there was a long-term decline in population as more residents moved into the outer suburbs; there were periodic reviews of
2958-487: The Lea is undergoing extensive redevelopment. In 2001, according to the UK national census data, there were 11,581 people living in the ward in 2188 households, giving an average of 2.8 people per household. Of these 51% were female, 30% were under the age of 16 and 40% were of Bangladeshi origin. Tenure in Bromley-by-Bow ward was predominantly rented with only 15% of households being owner-occupiers . Census data indicates that
3045-439: The Lea, slightly to the south of the Road. The area has historically been known as both Bromley and Bromley-by-Bow . In 1967, the latter name was chosen as the new name for Bromley tube station , a change designed to prevent confusion with Bromley railway station in the London Borough of Bromley . The formal boundaries of the area were set when the area became a parish in 1537 when it split from Stepney . The boundaries of
3132-524: The London Borough of Tower Hamlets a £4.5 million grant towards a £12 million programme of major improvements to Victoria Park. Fish Island has a long history as a home to artists and art spaces, having one of the highest densities of fine artists, designers and artisans in Europe according to a 2009 study which found around 600 artists' studios. In September 2014 Bow School moved from
3219-591: The Nun Prioress in the General Prologue to his Canterbury Tales . And Frenssh she spak ful faire and fetisly, After the scole of Stratford atte Bowe, For Frenssh of Parys was to hire unknowe. The area was mentioned in the popular Tudor (or earlier) ballad, the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green . In the ballad, the beautiful Bess, daughter of the blind beggar, leaves Bethnal Green to find
3306-734: The Nunnery Gallery on Bow Road. An annual fête and music festival held on Wennington Green in Mile End Park initiated by the vicar of St Barnabas Bethnal Green and called the St Barnabas Community Fete (or Bowstock) ran from 2003 to 2010, with the 2007 fete being part of a case study in the 'Community' section of the Living Britain report published by Zurich and The Future Laboratory. In 2003, H. Forman and Son learned of London's bid to host
3393-529: The agency power of the City Corporation. Ultimately, the Local Government Act 1888 and the introduction of county councils in England provided the mechanism for creating a territory and authority encompassing the expanded London area. For expediency, the area of the metropolitan board was chosen for the new county, and no attempt was made to select new boundaries. This area had been out of line with
3480-419: The area of control of the county council, also included the City of London. In practice, the county council had very little authority over the ancient City, with some powers over drainage, roads, fire brigade, embankment of the river and flood prevention. In common with the rest of the country, the 1888 Act provided no reform of lower-tier authorities and the county was, initially at least, administered locally by
3567-616: The area of the Metropolitan Police district outside the County of London. The county of London was abolished in 1965 and was replaced by the fivefold-sized Greater London , which took in nearly all of Middlesex , along with areas in Surrey , Kent, Essex and Hertfordshire . Middlesex and Surrey had already been reduced in 1889 on the county's creation. The area "that had been" has since been known statutorily as Inner London and an Inner London Education Authority operated in
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3654-521: The area, such as nursing training or apprenticeships. Walford , the area where the BBC soap opera EastEnders is set is based on Bromley-by-Bow. Albert Square, the main community in the show is based on Fassett Square in nearby Hackney . The CBeebies television series Apple Tree House began filming its episodes on the Devons Estate in 2017. Bow, London Bow ( / ˈ b oʊ / )
3741-600: The board gained more functions and became the de facto local authority and provider of new services for the London area. The board operated in those parts of the counties of Middlesex , Surrey and Kent that had been designated by the General Register Office as "the Metropolis" for the purposes of the Bills of Mortality . This area had been administered separately from the City of London, which came under
3828-466: The bridge, who also maintained a chapel on the bridge dedicated to St Katherine , occupied until the 15th century by a hermit. This endowment was later administered by Stratford Langthorne Abbey . By 1549, this route had become known as The Kings Way , and later became known as the Great Essex Road . Responsibility for maintenance of the bridge was always in dispute, no more so than with
3915-563: The concern was to the north of the High Street and across the river. Grove Hall Private Lunatic Asylum was established on the plot in 1820. This establishment primarily catered for ex-servicemen and was featured in Charles Dickens ' novel Nicholas Nickleby (1839). It was replaced after it was shut and turned into Grove Hall Park was opened in 1909 following its purchase by the local authority in an auction in 1906. In 1878 it
4002-546: The constituency until it was destroyed in the Blitz . It describes him as "A great servant of the people". Lansbury was twice Mayor of Poplar and MP for Bromley and Bow . In 1921, he led the Poplar Rates Rebellion . His daughter-in-law, Minnie Lansbury, was one of the 30 Poplar councillors sent to prison, and died six weeks after leaving prison. A memorial clock to her is over a row of shops on Bow Road, near
4089-529: The control of the Corporation of London . There had been several attempts during the 19th century to reform London government, either by expanding the City of London to cover the whole of the metropolitan area; by creating a new county of London; or by creating ten municipal corporations matching the parliamentary boroughs of the metropolis. These had all been defeated in Parliament, in part because of
4176-439: The expansion of London even in 1855. For example, it anomalously omitted built-up and expanding areas such as West Ham , but included some sparsely populated areas on the metropolitan fringe. The City of London and the County of London each formed counties for " non-administrative " purposes, with a separate Lord Lieutenant and High Sheriff for the county of London. However, the administrative county , which corresponded to
4263-478: The following advertisement appeared: This is to give notice to all painters in the blue and white potting way and enamellers on chinaware, that by applying at the counting-house at the china-house near Bow, they may meet with employment and proper encouragement according to their merit; likewise painters brought up in the snuff-box way, japanning, fan-painting, &c., may have an opportunity of trial, wherein if they succeed, they shall have due encouragement. N.B. At
4350-528: The formation of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar in 1900. Stratforde was first recorded as a settlement in 1177, the name derived from its Old English meaning of paved way to a ford . The ford originally lay on a pre- Roman trackway at Old Ford about 600 metres (0.4 mi) to the north, but when the Romans decided on Colchester as the initial capital for their occupation, the road
4437-464: The foundations of one of the kilns were discovered* , with a large quantity of 'wasters' and fragments of broken pottery. The houses close by were then called China Row, but now lie beneath modern housing. Chemical analysis of the firing remains showed them to contain high quantities of bone-ash, pre-dating the claim of Josiah Spode to have invented the bone china process. More recent investigations of documentary and archaeological evidence suggests
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#17327803446854524-455: The government's offer of accommodation in a West End hotel, preferring to stay in the East End , to live among working-class people, as he did in India. He based himself at Kingsley Hall in Powis Road, Bromley-by-Bow, for the three-month duration of his stay and was enthusiastically received by East Enders. The area suffered heavily in the Blitz and St Leonards Church was destroyed by enemy action in 1941. The area around Aberfeldy Street
4611-399: The information box on the right side: Metropolitan Borough Successor(s) No. on map † Not a metropolitan borough. Population fell after World War I and as recorded at each census until its 1965 demise. In 1901, the population was 4.5 million and by 1961 it had fallen to 3.2 million. Following the 1931 census, more of the population of "Greater London" (defined at the time as
4698-512: The junction with Alfred Street. Ownership of Bow Road railway station passed from British Rail to the London Transport Executive in 1950. The station building was placed as a Grade II listed building on 27 September 1973. The Metropolitan Borough of Poplar was absorbed along with the boroughs of Stepney and Poplar into the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in 1965 as part of the newly formed Greater London . Victoria Park became known for its open air music festivals , often linked with
4785-408: The local government structures in the greater London area and several failed attempts to expand the boundaries of the county. In 1965, the London Government Act 1963 replaced the county with the much larger Greater London administrative area. The county occupied an area of just under 75,000 acres (30,351 ha) and lay within the London Basin . It was divided into two parts (north and south) by
4872-446: The loss of the Alexandra Park exclave to Middlesex, gaining South Hornsey in return, and the transfer of Penge to Kent. The Metropolis Management Act 1855 revolutionised and amalgamated much of local government across an identical, newly formed, area. This reform created an indirectly elected Metropolitan Board of Works which initially built and maintained infrastructure for the metropolis, including modern sanitation. Over time
4959-407: The new County of London in 1889. The County of London was replaced by Greater London in 1965. In 1606 a palace was built for James I facing the line of St Leonard's Street by John Thorpe . This was principally used as a hunting lodge but was a grand residence of 24 rooms, including a Stateroom, built along the lines of Hardwick Hall and Montacute House . Some of the stonework was quarried from
5046-414: The new parish were based on those of much older pre-existing estates. Bromley has a rich history, but many of its most historic buildings have been lost. It is connected to the London Underground and Docklands Light Railway . In early records the name first appears as Brambele , Brambelegh , or Brembeley and is likely to be derived from the Saxon words Brembel – a bramble, and lege –
5133-444: The old vestry hall for neighbouring Bromley-by-Bow (St Leonard's Parish), can be seen on the south side of the Bow Road boundary, near the DLR station. It continues in use for registrations of births and marriages. In 1986 the Greater London Council transferred responsibility for the park to the London borough of Tower Hamlets and the London Borough of Hackney , through a joint management board. Since 1994 Tower Hamlets has run
5220-429: The old site off Fairfield Road to a new site in Bromley-by-Bow 1 mile to the south-east by Bow Locks , in a new building designed by van Heyningen and Haward Architects . In 2014 local residents organized the first Roman Road Festival, a celebration of local life, business, and art. This grew to encompass dozens of events and hundreds of volunteers and led to the creation of the Roman Road Trust. In 2015, Roman Road
5307-418: The parish of Stepney and covered the area of two much older units, the Manor of Bromley and the estate of the Nunnery of St Leonard. The area was part of the historic (or ancient) county of Middlesex , but military and most (or all) civil county functions were managed more locally, by the Tower Division (also known as the Tower Hamlets) . The role of the Tower Division ended when Bromley became part of
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#17327803446855394-492: The parish of Stepney . In 1868, the Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum was opened on a site next to the present day Bromley-by-Bow tube station. It was renamed St Andrew's Hospital in 1921. It closed in 2006. A new housing development, William Guy Gardens, now occupies the site. Henry Grattan Guinness founded the East London Missionary Training Institute (also called Harley College) at Harley House in Bromley-by-Bow in 1873, with Dr. Thomas Barnardo as co-director. The school outgrew
5481-423: The park alone. Between 1986 and 1992 the name Bow applied to one of seven neighbourhoods to whom power was devolved from the council. This resulted in replacement of much of the street signage. Bow West and Bow East are two wards formed in 2002 that incorporate Old Ford and parts of Bethnal Green and Mile End. In 1991, St Paul's, Old Ford was closed due to poor maintenance and safety concerns. This led to
5568-431: The premises and relocated in 1883, eventually becoming Cliff College . The Revd Richard Enraght , religious controversialist, was the Curate of St Michael and All Angels Church in St Leonards Road from 1884 to 1888 and Rector of St Gabriel Church (now demolished), Chrisp Street ( Poplar ), from 1888 to 1895. Between 1899 and 1965 the parish of Bromley St Leonard formed part of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar , within
5655-498: The proportion of households in rented tenure was higher than the average for the borough. 60% of males were economically active with total unemployment being around 16% compared to 11% for the borough as a whole. Bromley-by-Bow station is located in the centre of Bromley and has the London Underground District and Hammersmith & City lines serving it. The Metropolitan line ceased serving Bromley in 1990 British Rail London, Tilbury & Southend Railway services stopped at
5742-399: The remains of the (now disused) priory. It remained in Royal use and was refurbished in the reigns of Charles II and James II and stables were added. During the 18th century, the frontage of the building was renewed and the palace was converted into two merchant houses. It went through a variety of uses, including a boarding school and a colour works. The house was demolished at the end of
5829-421: The route often being cited as amongst the least reliable in London. The area is connected to the National Road Network by the north–south A12 ( East Cross Route ), also east-west B140 Devons Road and Devas Street as well as local road Bromley High Street provides further access. The Lea Valley Walk on the River Lea Navigation and River Lea passes on the area eastern side for pedestrians and cyclists. To
5916-403: The same house, a person is wanted who can model small figures in clay neatly. The Bow China Works prospered, employing some 300 artists and hands, until about 1770, when one of its founders died. By 1776 all of its moulds and implements were transferred to a manufacturer in Derby . In 1867, during drainage operations at the match factory of Bell & Black at Bell Road, St. Leonard's Street,
6003-576: The school moved from the old site off Fairfield Road, in the neighbouring district of Bow to a new site in Bromley-by-Bow 1 mile to the south-east by Bow Locks , in a brand new building designed by van Heyningen and Haward Architects . Schools which are located near Bromley by Bow are Bow School secondary, Little House Nursery, Wellington Primary, Marner Primary, Old Palace Primary School, St Paul's Way Trust secondary, Phoenix primary and secondary and Central Foundation Girls' School secondary. Bromley-by-Bow Centre also offers adult training opportunities in
6090-448: The south, the Limehouse Cut starts at the Bow Locks . Kingsley Hall is famous both for the visits of Mahatma Gandhi to the East End in 1931 and the therapeutic clinic run by the alternative psychologist R. D. Laing from 1965. Despite a severe fire in 1995, Kingsley Hall remains an active community centre. The Bromley-by-Bow Centre is known for it approach to integrated health care, with nursery care, training opportunities and
6177-405: The south, though the line of the historic boundary from Upper North Street heading south-east to the Lea, by the Leamouth Roundabout, has been blurred by patterns of urbanisation which did not follow the historic estate, parish and (for a time) ward boundaries that defined these areas. The area is bisected north to south by the Blackwall Tunnel Approach Road ( A12 ). The land between that road and
6264-496: The station until 1962. South Bromley railway station on the North London Railway between Bow and Poplar (East India Dock Road) stations opened in 1884, the station lay just to the north of the current Langdon Park DLR station which opened in 2009. London Buses routes 108 , 309 , 323 , 488 and D8 operate within the area. Route 108 uses the Blackwall Tunnel , a source of severe delays which leads to
6351-530: The time of William the Conqueror and mentioned in the General Prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer 's Canterbury Tales . It was destroyed at the time of the Dissolution in 1536, and the manor and lands passed to Sir Ralph Sadleir , who lived at Sutton House in Homerton and was privy councillor to Henry VIII . The exception was the priory chapel which was retained. The small Tudor period Bromley Hall
6438-435: The time of William the Conqueror and mentioned in the General Prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer 's Canterbury Tales . It was destroyed at the time of the Dissolution in 1536, and the manor and lands passed to Sir Ralph Sadleir , who lived at Sutton House in Homerton and was privy councillor to Henry VIII . The priory chapel was retained and turned into the parish church for a new parish, Bromley St Leonard, split from
6525-568: The way had alleviated some of the poverty and misery and improved social conditions for all in the East End. Poplar Town Hall was built for the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar (which was formed from Poplar , Bow and Bromley-by Bow) in the mid-1930s at the corner of Bow Road and Fairfield Road; it is now used as commercial offices. It contains the Poplar Assembly Rooms , now no longer used. The Builders , by sculptor David Evans
6612-489: The works closed c. 1872 , later becoming the factory of Bryant and May . Bow was the headquarters of the North London Railway , which opened its locomotive and carriage workshops in 1853. There were two stations, Old Ford and Bow . During World War 2 the North London Railway branch from Dalston to Poplar through Bow was so badly damaged that it was abandoned. Bow station opened in 1850 and
6699-593: Was a top three finalist within the London category of for that year's Great British High Street awards. Cycle Superhighway 2 was upgraded between Bow and Aldgate and was completed in April 2016, with separated cycle tracks replacing cycle lanes along the majority of the route. A street party was held on Roman Road to mark the Queen Official Birthday on 11 June 2016, all profits from the stalls sales being shared with Bow Foodbank. An orchard project
6786-426: Was built in the late 15th century as the manor house of Lower Bromley. The house was radically remodeled soon after 1700 and over the following centuries served as a calico printing works, gentleman's seat, gunpowder factory, charity home and a carpet warehouse. It is thought to be the oldest brick house in London. The priory chapel was turned into the parish church for a new parish, Bromley St Leonard, which split from
6873-671: Was created on Grove Road, being completed on 25 October 1993 and demolished eleven weeks later on 11 January 1994. The work won her the Turner Prize and K Foundation art award in November 1993. Bow Arts was set up in 1994 by Marcel Baettig and Marc Schimmel, the owner of the then new premises. It became an artist studio supporting over 100 working artists. In 1995, the Trust became a registered arts and education charity. In 1996, after an Arts Council England grant, they were able to build
6960-631: Was demolished in 1956 after a fire. The London E postcode area was formed in 1866, with the E3 sub-division in 1917: A statue of William Ewart Gladstone stands outside Bow Church. It was donated in 1882 by Theodore H. Bryant, part-owner of the Bryant and May match factory. In 1888, the matchgirls' strike occurred at the Bryant and May match factory in Fairfield Road. This was a forerunner of
7047-509: Was designed to celebrate the public green spaces in the Old Ford Estate in 2017, it was launched in response to feedback from local residents who wished to make better use of green space. County of London The County of London was a county of England from 1889 to 1965, corresponding to the area known today as Inner London . It was created as part of the general introduction of elected county government in England, by way of
7134-619: Was granted by Edward III , on an 'island site' surrounded by the King's highway. Bow was made an Anglican parish of its own in 1719, with St Mary's as its parish church. The new parish included the Old Ford area, which has also been known as North Bow. There was a nearby Benedictine nunnery from the Norman era onwards, known as St Leonard's Priory and immortalized in Chaucer's description of
7221-642: Was heavily bombed and subsequently redeveloped into the Aberfeldy Estate in 1947. The ruins and much of the churchyard were swept away when the Blackwall Tunnel Approach Road was built through the area in the 1960s. The area loosely approximates to three wards in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets . The councillors elected in May 2018 were: Bromley-by-Bow is a part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and takes in parts of
7308-676: Was rebuilt in 1870 in a grand style, designed by Edwin Henry Horne and featuring a concert hall that was 100 ft long (30 m) and 40 ft wide (12 m). This became The Bow and Bromley Institute , then in 1887 the East London Technical College and a Salvation Army hall in 1911. From the 1930s it was used as the Embassy Billiard Hall and after the war became the Bow Palais , but
7395-513: Was redeveloped and split into studio workshops (live/work units) and sold by JJAK (Construction) Ltd for leaseholders to fit out. The first building to be converted was Limehouse Cut, varying in size between 580 to 1,610 sq ft (54 to 150 m). The building was featured in the Sunday Times in June 1986 and again in 1989. The London Thames Gateway Development Corporation 's aims for
7482-722: Was the largest asylum in London with capacity for 443 inmates. In 1843 the engineer William Bridges Adams founded the Fairfield Locomotive Works, where he specialized in light engines, steam railcars (or railmotors) and inspection trolleys, including the Fairfield steam carriage for the Bristol and Exeter Railway and the Enfield for the Eastern Counties Railway . The business failed and
7569-493: Was upgraded to run from the area of London Bridge , as one of the first paved Roman roads in Britain . The 'paved way' is likely to refer to the presence of a stone causeway across the marshes, which formed a part of the crossing. In 1110 Matilda , wife of Henry I , reputedly fell into the water at the ford on her way to Barking Abbey , and consequently ordered a distinctively bow-shaped, three-arched bridge to be built over
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